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After pharma, pesticide industry eyes make in India opportunity

After pharma, pesticide industry eyes make in India Opportunity The big opportunity the Indian industry has to undertake is the manufacturing of active ingredients that are scheduled to lose patent protection in the next few years. While the focus has been on pharmaceuticals, the issue of “Chinese dependence” is coming to the fore, especially post Covid-19, also in pesticides. India’s imports of crop protection chemicals – mainly the technical material or active ingredients that go into making end-use formulations – stood at Rs 9,266.84 crore in 2018-19, most of it coming from China (Rs 4,904.28 crore), US (Rs 1,050.69 crore)…

09 May, 2020 Pesticide industry

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